Push In A Parlay

Similar to a parlay, if you push in a teaser, that result will be removed and a three-team tease would become a two-team tease. However, if a push occurs on a two-team tease, the overall bet just becomes a push. So, the bettor can’t benefit from only one adjusted spread. At some books, there’s also the possibility of a “sweetheart teaser.”. Any push in a parlay with 3 teams or more will go to the next lowest number of teams. A push in a 2 team parlay will result in a straight wager (All Contests at -110 will result in a payout of $91). Maximum payout is $100,000 per group of parlays. The push method adds new items to the end of an array, and returns the new length. Note: The new item(s) will be added at the end of the array. Note: This method changes the length of the array. Tip: To add items at the beginning of an array, use the unshift method.

Before we go any further, we need to explain what a parlay is fully.

By definition, a parlay is a group of multiple individual bets (two or more) that are connected together and treated as one big wager.
12 team parlay odds

In order to win the entire bet, you have to win each of the individual bets on your parlay. If you lose one individual bet, then you lose the entire parlay bet.

Why would you ever want to group bets together and force them to be dependent on each other?

The reason is that the sportsbook will pay you out much more money for correctly picking multiple individual bets together.There is more risk in this type of bet so it should be expected that we are offered a higher reward for making this wager.

Let’s compare betting three games individually versus betting them as a parlay.

Let’s assume that each game is -110 moneyline odds.

Push in a parlay

Let’s also assume that our bankroll for these three games is $300. We’re going to look at the scenarios if we picked all three games correctly and if we only picked two of the games correctly.

If we bet the games individually, we would bet $100 per game.

GameBet AmountOddsOutcomeProfit/Loss
Game 1$100-110Win$90.91
Game 2$100-110Win$90.91
Game 3$100-110Win$90.91
Our total profit would be $272.73 if we bet all three of these games individually.

Now, what would happen if we picked all three games as a parlay bet? This time, we would place a single bet of $300. We will go over how to calculate parlay payouts in the section below here, but for now, we have done the calculations for you.

The profit on this bet as a parlay would be $1787.40! Even if we only bet $100 total, we would see a profit of $595.80. As you can see, you can bet 1/3 of the amount you bet total in the individual games and still make more than double what you would betting the games individually.

At this point, a lot of people are wondering why you would ever bet anything but parlays. You can bet less and make so much more! Well, as you are probably guessing, there is more to the story.

What Happens If You Push In A Parlay

Let’s look at what happens in our same example, except this time we only pick two out of the three games correctly. We bet the same games again for $100 each individually, and we are correct on two out of the three games.

Is A Push In A Parlay A Loss

GameBet AmountOddsOutcomeProfit/Loss
Game 1$100-110Win$90.91
Game 2$100-110Win$90.91
Game 3$100-110Loss($100.00)
Parlay

If we bet all three of the games as a parlay for $300 (or $100), our profit is negative $300 or negative $100. If you get even one game wrong in a parlay, you lose the entire bet. You’ve now seen the downside to parlays.

Sports Betting Push

You have to be perfect to cash in, or you lose.

Push In A Parlay What Happens

Even if you only get one game correct betting them individually, you’re only going to lose $109. If you bet the same $300 on a parlay, though, you lose the entire $300. The risk is higher for parlays, but the associated reward is also higher.